SYRIAN FORCES and dissident troops took to fierce fighting on Monday ahead of key U.N. talks over a draft resolution demanding that President Bashar Assad step down and set up an interim government to establish a democratically elected government.

It is reported that on Monday at least 40 civilians have been in the crossfire the dissident and loyal troops on the outskirts of the Syrian capital.

Meanwhile, Western and Arab countries stepped up pressure on Russia to fall in line with UN resolution and stop supporting Assad.

While supporting the UN draft resolution, the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said that the status quo in Syria was unsustainable and the Assad regime should stop preventing a peaceful transition.

British Prime Minister David Cameron has backed the UN draft resolution and said, "It is time for all the members of UN Security Council to live up to their responsibilities instead of shielding those who have blood on their hands," Cameron said, reported The Telegraph.

The UN draft resolution demands that Assad should stop repression and implement an Arab peace plan by handing over power to the vice-president of the country and allow creation of a unity government leading to the formation of an elected government.

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